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Pregnancy and sciatica are the possible worst
combinations. For a woman, normally, pregnancy is an amazing time. But
if you suffer from back pain at such a crucial time, it could be a
terrible condition, to live with. Nothing brings relief. When the cause
of pain is diagnosed as sciatica, it is double tragedy, the physical
pain coupled with psychological pain.
Sciatica tends to cause pain in the specific area of the back. That is, in the
lower back and the hip area. It is due to Sciatica and Sacroiliac joint
dysfunction. Pregnancy related back pain mostly occurs in the mid to
lower back.
There is no cut and dry method to treat sciatica. You
have to decide the line of treatment in consultation with your
physician. Patience is the watch word, in deciding and following a
particular course of treatment. Even in extreme cases of pain, over the
counter medications for sciatica need to be avoided. When you are
pregnant, this remedy could be worst than the disease.
Therapeutic
bath is however good for curing sciatica pain. Fill the immersion bath
tub with 135 litres of hot water at 400 C. Put 1 to 2 kilograms of Epsom
salt in the hot water and it will dissolve within minutes. The patient
is expected to drink a glass of cold water and have the head covered
with a cold towel. Now, how to lie over the tub? This procedure is to be
done under the supervision of a therapeutic bath specialist.
Apart from the sciatica pain, this bath is supposed to be a panacea, for
rheumatism, neuritis, kidney disorders and other types of skin
infections.
About the precautions
to be taken for this bath, avoid the bath one hour before the meal and
three hours after the meal. The water to be used for the bath must be
clean, and the water once used, should not be used again.
Watch the
temperature of the water and the duration of the bath carefully and do
not go over the prescribed limits. During pregnancy this bath can be
taken only till the third month.
For proper control of the sciatica pain during pregnancy, decide the day's schedule
by applying proper thought. Plan the way you will walk, you will sit,
when to use the pillow, the type of bed, the schedule for taking food
and all such things. Let there be total discipline in your life. Select
and do some of the most friendly yoga exercises, But do it in
consultation with your physiotherapist.
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